The given charts illustrate the changes in the percentage of households with three electrical appliances – washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators – and the average of weekly hours of housework in households from 1920 and 2019.
Overall, while the percentage of households increased significantly, the number of hours of housework including washing clothes, preparing meals and cleaning declined gradually throughout the period. In addition, vaccum cleaner reached the highest number of ownership.
In 1920, 40% of households owned a washing machine, whereas 30% had a vacuum cleaner and almost none had a refrigerator. The figure for using washing machine ascended slightly to 65% in 1980. Similarly, the proportion of vacuum cleaner and refrigerator ownership witnessed a significantly grow of 60% and 100% respectively in 1980. There was a stability at 100% of households owned a refrigerator between 1980 and 2019. The percentage of using both vacuum cleaner and washing machine rose by 10% from 1980 and 2019.
The number of weekly hours of housework began at 50 in 1920. The year 1960 experienced a noticeable reduction of 30% over 40 years period. Then there was a minimal decrease to around 10% between 1960 and 2019.